Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito

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Imperial Japanese Navy officer Japanese imperial prince admiral member of the Japanese imperial family nobleman

Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito was a Japanese imperial prince and high-ranking naval officer who became one of the most senior leaders in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito canonical	3
Prince of Higashifushimi-no-miya	1
東伏見宮依仁親王	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T417172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
Context triple: [Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notableHolder, Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito]

A. Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a Japanese imperial family member and senior naval officer who rose to become one of the highest-ranking leaders of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century.
B. Prince Hisahito
Prince Hisahito is a Japanese imperial family member and the only grandson of Emperor Naruhito’s younger brother, widely regarded as a key future heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
C. Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko was a Japanese imperial family member and army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military operations in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the atrocities committed at Nanjing.
D. Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino, is the younger brother and heir presumptive to Emperor Naruhito of Japan and a senior member of the Japanese imperial family.
E. Naruhito
Naruhito is the Emperor of Japan and the symbolic head of state of the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
Target entity description: Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito was a Japanese imperial prince and high-ranking naval officer who became one of the most senior leaders in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

A. Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a Japanese imperial family member and senior naval officer who rose to become one of the highest-ranking leaders of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century.
B. Prince Hisahito
Prince Hisahito is a Japanese imperial family member and the only grandson of Emperor Naruhito’s younger brother, widely regarded as a key future heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
C. Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko was a Japanese imperial family member and army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military operations in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the atrocities committed at Nanjing.
D. Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino, is the younger brother and heir presumptive to Emperor Naruhito of Japan and a senior member of the Japanese imperial family.
E. Naruhito
Naruhito is the Emperor of Japan and the symbolic head of state of the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy officer ⓘ Japanese imperial prince ⓘ admiral ⓘ member of the Japanese imperial family ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
allegiance	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
associatedWith	Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ⓘ Imperial court of Japan (historically) ⓘ surface form: Japanese imperial court
burialPlace	Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo ⓘ surface form: Aoyama Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1867-09-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1922-06-27 ⓘ
decoratedWith	Order of the Chrysanthemum ⓘ Order of the Golden Kite ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
education	Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ
era	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji period Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taishō period
familyName	Higashifushimi ⓘ
father	Prince Fushimi Kuniie ⓘ
givenName	Yorihito ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
memberOfHouse	Higashifushimi ⓘ surface form: Higashifushimi-no-miya House of Fushimi-no-miya ⓘ
militaryBranch	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
militaryRank	admiral ⓘ
mother	Arisugawa no Miya Toshihime ⓘ
nameInJapanese	Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 東伏見宮依仁親王
nativeLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
nobleTitle	prince ⓘ shinnō ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the most senior leaders in the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ service as a Japanese imperial prince in the navy ⓘ
occupation	military leader ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kyoto ⓘ surface form: Kyoto, Japan
placeOfDeath	Tokyo ⓘ surface form: Tokyo, Japan
positionHeld	member of the House of Peers ⓘ senior leader of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ
residence	Tokyo ⓘ surface form: Tokyo, Japan
sibling	Prince Fushimi Sadanaru ⓘ
style	His Imperial Highness ⓘ
titleHeldFrom	prince since childhood as member of the imperial family ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableHolder → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ⓘ

Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito → nameInJapanese → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 東伏見宮依仁親王

Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → notableOfficeHolder → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ⓘ

Prince Fushimi Kuniie → child → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ⓘ

Yorihito → nobleTitle → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prince of Higashifushimi-no-miya

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